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South Bay Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-024
Abstract
The collection consists of color and black and white photographs, negatives, postcard-backed photos, and tin-types. Subjects of the photographs include people, businesses, churches, houses, schools, farming, transportation, and natural disasters. Communities covered in this collection include Compton, Torrance, Carson, Dominguez, Redondo Beach, Lynwood, Lakewood, San Pedro, Wilmington, Los Angeles, Terminal Island, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Material from the collection is available...
Dates:
circa 1880-1967
Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2009-005
Abstract
Negatives and photographic prints documenting the history of the Long Beach Fire Department. Included are images of the department from its earliest days in the early 20th century through to 1971. Images focus upon department personnel, apparatus, fires, and fire prevention. Also includes photographic prints and negatives which document the history of the city of Long Beach, including documentation of the March 10, 1933 earthquake and documentation of early drilling activities including...
Dates:
1840-1971; Majority of material found within 1906-1971
Del Amo Estate Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1979-001
Abstract
This collection includes ledgers, business and financial papers, correspondence, photographs, maps, prints, newspaper clippings and other materials related to the incorporation, operations, and liquidation of the Del Amo Estate Company. There are also some personal papers of the company’s founder, Gregorio del Amo. The collection shows aspects of land use and development in Southern California, and is particularly interesting in detailing the construction and development of the Del Amo...
Dates:
1908-1978; Majority of material found within 1926-1964
Rancho San Pedro Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1970-002
Abstract
This collection contains legal and business papers related to the Rancho San Pedro and to its owners, the Dominguez family. The Spanish crown gave the Southern California lands of the Rancho San Pedro to Juan Jose Dominguez in 1784, and in 1858 the United States government granted a patent confirming Dominguez family ownership of the Rancho. A few items predate the 1858 patent, but the bulk of the collection is from 1900-1960. Some materials concern the Rancho San Pedro itself, including...
Dates:
1769-1972; Majority of material found within 1900-1960
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- Amo, Gregorio del, 1858-1941 2
- California State University, Dominguez Hills 2
- Chanslor-Western Oil and Development Company 2
- O’Melveny & Myers 2
- Shell Oil Company 2
- Standard Oil Company of California 2
- Union Oil Company of California 2
- Associated Oil Company 1
- Beverly-Arnaz Land Company 1
- Cabrero, Eugenio 1
- Carson Estate Company 1
- Carson, George Henry 1
- Carson, Maria Victoria Dominguez 1
- Claretian Missionaries 1
- Cohn, Kaspare, 1839-1916 1
- Cotton, Hamilton H. 1
- Del Amo Estate Company 1
- Del Amo Foundation 1
- Del Amo Nurseries 1
- Del Amo, Susana Delfina Dominguez 1
- Del Amo, Jaime 1
- Dominguez Estate Company 1
- Dominguez Water Corporation 1
- Dominguez, Guadalupe Marcelina 1
- Dominguez, Manuel 1
- Dominguez-Wilshire Corporation 1
- Francis Land Company 1
- Francis, Maria Jesus de los Reyes Dominguez de 1
- Guyer, Ana Josefa Dominguez de 1
- Jarrett Estate Company 1
- Kaspare Cohn Commercial & Savings Bank 1
- Long Beach (Calif.). Fire Department 1
- Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum 1
- Marland Oil Company 1
- O’Melveny, Henry John 1
- Ramona Properties 1
- Reyes-Dominguez Company 1
- Richfield Oil Corporation 1
- San Pedro Ranch Nursery 1
- Union Bank & Trust Company of Los Angeles 1
- Valencia Spanish Tile Corporation 1
- Victory Oil Company 1
- Walter H. Leimert Co. 1
- Watson Land Company 1
- Watson, Maria Dolores Dominguez de 1
- Welton Becket and Associates 1
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